Monday, April 11, 2005

the pursuit of actual knowledge

as opposed to trivial pursuit.man i suck at that game. seriously. we played star wars and harry potter and i think i managed to lose both because....i dont know jack about anything.

well. now that mel has managed to discuss her ineptitude... or inept-ness... or whatever the hell you wanna call it,

read starship troopers the book. that was better than i expected. except carmen was really called carmencita (with a wiggly line above one of the letters), ace was not rico's best friend, his dad didn't die in buenos aires and dizzy flores was a man. who dies in the first chapter. man that is confusing. you really have no idea how off-putting that is. i mean in the movie it took ages to build up to a point where johnnie and dizzy sleep together in a tent on P or wherever, but she (or rather, he) dies straight out in the book. its really playing with your head.

the thing is this: there's a really good tripod lyrics site but it doesnt have a bunch of the latest songs. which is, as you can imagine, quite annoying.

so, to contribute to the store of general knowledge, not just trivia about certain box-office smashing motion films, im gonna include some tripod lyrics here.if you dont like them, dont read.not as funny without the music, but the words are still pretty random:

old money - tripod

Yonny: I'm...... at a moment in my lifeWhen I want more than just a pretty little headSome random girl to warm my bed no insteadI'm gonna hold out cos I finally know exactly what I want

Scod: Old money, old moneyI'd really like to meet a girl who comes fromTripod: Old money, old moneySome pointless twit who thinks I'm scum

Yonny: She's....got to be the kind of girlWho wouldn't knowHow to toast a piece of breadThe kind of girl who if you said'Where's the laundry?' she would answer'How the hell would I know is it near the stables?'

Gatesy: And at the tableI would mispronounce the food and she would laugh at meHer parents scowlAs I get confused by all the fancy cutleryThey're just plain better than me

Tripod: Old moneyOld moneyOoh yeah, ooh yeah

Yonny: She'll....always be extremely rudeTo the helpAnd when she's not aroundThe help will then be rude to meCos they can see I've got no place here,She's just using me to get back at her father

Gatesy:And the butlerTripod: is the only one who's ever really nice to meWe play at dice and he teaches me the finer points of falconryUntil the night her father summons him up to the studyThe next day we go fishing him and meI'm unpacking my sandwich when he throws me in the waterAnd bashes me with an oar until I drownGatesy: Yeah, that'd be sweet

Scod: Old moneyOld moneyShe'll look back on me as just a fadTripod: Old moneyOld moneyShe's only using me to get at her dad